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Flying ants are the scourge of many people in summer months leaving many people to dread the summer and the annual flying ants invasion which they realise the summer will herald

 

 

Only the unfortunates who have suffered it will appreciate the true horror of flying ants in their own homes.

 

 

Having an infestation of basic wingless ants is bad enough but when they go through their yearly mating phase the position can become horrifying.

 

 

Ants often form colonies in the sub-floor areas and in the wall cavities of our dwellings and these colonies will live for many years if left untreated becoming progressively more annoying every year.

 

 

Our dwellings are warm and dry and make the perfect places for a growing ant colony; even solid hard floor is not a barrier to an ant.

 

 

Our home heating systems keeps their metabolism even in winter and my earliest ant treatment was on my birthday, which falls in January!

 

 

Ants prefer a sandy soil and there are plenty areas in Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester which produce more ant infestations than most others, Southport, Blackpool, Bolton, Sale & Altrincham come to mind as regular ant spots.

 

 

Unfortunately it is during their mating phase that they are most annoying. Here in Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester this usually is pretty regularly around the third or fourth week in July.

 

 

Ants mate in flight and around mid-summer the colony releases winged immature Queens and flying males which in nature would fly off and mate in the air. Many thousands of these flying ants are produced per colony and nests tend to time their production so that they mate with ants from other nearby.

 

 

Normally this process starts after a few of days of hot, dry weather and will typically continue for about acouple of weeks although smaller releases will extend throughout most of June, July & August.

 

 

Unfortunately when the nest is built under the floor of the house the effects can be horrifying, literally thousands of flying are released into the lower rooms, aiming for windows as they make for the light.

 

 

This can be very distressing for some people leading to extreme emotional distress to the degree that people learn to loath the summertime and have actually left their homes to escape the plague of ants which they know will inevitably come each summer.

 

 

The poor summers of 2007, 2008 & 2009 has meant that ant jobs were down on earlier but ants appear to have a way of catching up and 2010 could possibly be a particularly good year for them.

 

 

Many people who have this problem try for DIY solutions with products from hardware outlets etc but mostly these efforts do not work as they are not getting to the heart of the infestation which is the nest itself, securely hidding safely in the cavity wall or sub-floor area.

 

 

Luckily for a lot of people the solution is at hand.

 

 

At Harrier Pest Prevention (subject to site survey) we are able to remedy this problem and issue an extendable 3 year guarantee.

 

 

The process which is carried out mainly from the outside of the house, is totally safe for animals and children and produces no smell, involves drilling small holes into the cavity walls of the property, not unlike a damp-course injection and blowing an insecticidal powder into the cavity wall under pressure.

 

 

This forms an uncrossable barrier through which the ants cannot go and together with a precautionary internal spray treatment (if deemed necessary) will slowly bring the infestation under control.

 

 

The holes, which are only 8mm in diameter are left open so it is simply a matter of topping up the wall cavities every 3 to extend the period of the guarantee in three year blocks.

 

 

This treatment is best carried out in the early spring however it can be done all year round.

 

 

As a very limited time offer in our quiet period we are offering 25 percent off the usual cost until May 30 2010. Whilst we normally cover the whole of Lancashire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester, we are willing to venture further afield but this will be at extra cost.

 

 

For a chat or to arrange an appointment contact Harrier Pest Control on Free Phone 0800 019 8382 or 01257 230637

 

 

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